The East Staffordshire Borough Council - Procurement Portal is a completely new enhancement to our web site. It offers suppliers the ability to view East Staffordshire Borough Council contract announcements in real time. East Staffordshire Borough Council uses BiP Solutions' e-notice service Project, for placing EU and non-EU public notices, and facilitates the publication
of these notices immediately on this procurement portal giving suppliers instant access to the contract opportunities.

Background

The European Commission recommends in the Consolidated Procurement Directive
that authorities provide their purchasing and procurement information via a
Buyer Profile and this facility has been incorporated in this procurement portal.
The buyer profile provides information on purchase plans, contact details, future,
current and past contracts. By publishing this information East Staffordshire Borough Council offer suppliers
the opportunity to identify future opportunities, respond to current opportunities
and to view which suppliers have already been engaged along with the goods and/or
services purchased.